it s newsday. it s 9am in singapore, 1am in london, and 9am in the morning in beijing where china has warned the united states that it won t back down over its territorial claims in the south china sea. on monday, donald trump s spokesman said the united states would protect its interests in the region, a shift from president obama s more neutral position. but a chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman said china will safeguard its own rights. our china editor carrie gracie reports on the growing tensions. there are three key flashpoints between the new trump administration and beijing trade, taiwan and the south china sea. the last two involve the risk of military confrontation between a fast growing naval power and the world s superpower. china lays claim to most of the south china sea, of the one of the busiest commercial waterways in the world, and one where several of its neighbours have competing claims. areas in the south china sea that are part of international waters
a clean athlete who s never broken the rules, after new allegations involving his coach alberto salazar. hello. great to have you with us. film stars and celebrities have gathered for this year s oscars ceremony at the dolby theatre in los angeles. the favourite for the big award, best picture, is the musical, la la land, while denzel washington is a leading contenderfor best actor. the first big award of the night, best supporting actor, went to mahershala ali, in the coming of age film, moonlight. well, for more, the bbc‘s peter bowes is in los angeles. really exciting. we are half an hour into the oscars. we are getting a sense of the mood of, not only the host, jimmy kimmel, but i suspect others who will get on the podium and say other words. mahershala ali, as you said, is the first winner, with best supporting actor for moonlight. i am with best supporting actor for moonlight. iam beginning with best supporting actor for moonlight. i am beginning to understand the m
undercover. and britain s gold medallist sir mo farah insists he s a clean athlete after new allegations involving his coach alberto salazar. hello. good to have you with us. the stars and celebrities are gathering at the dolby theatre in hollywood. there a leading contenderfor best actor. the first big award of the evening, best supporting actor, went to mahershala ali for his moving portrayal of a miami drug dealer in coming of age drama moonlight. in the last few minutes the salesman, directed by iranian film maker asghar farhadi, who is boycotting the ceremony because of donald trump s travel ban, has won the foreign language film 0scar and for more the bbc‘s peter bowes is in los angeles. politics has taken centre stage. that was a whisker to be the case. there is a different mood in america these days. as we are seeing an award shows of the last few weeks, many of the winners, the actors, filmmakers, they take the opportunity to take delma express their views about wh
£1.6bn last year but does the buying the brand still make a difference? i ll meet a farmer from malawi to find out. in sport, manchester united snatch victory from southampton in the efl cup final. the 3 2 win sanose mourinho become the first united manager to win a trophy in his first season with the club. and carol has the weather. good morning. a day of sunshine and showers and be showers will be a sundry with hail and possible sleet and snow. wherever you worry it will be windy. more details later in the programme. “ be windy. more details later in the programme. wherever you are. are. good morning. first, our main story. the oscars ceremony has ended in confusion, after the wrong film was declared best picture. in a farcical ending, la la land was announced as the winner, before the award eventually went to moonlight. we were here at work. extraordinary scenes as everybody tried to work it out. who s at the vanity fair after show party which all the stars attend.